Esteve Almirall serves as Associate Professor in Esade Business Schoool and UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) focusing his research on Innovation and Innovation Management where he has more than 30 publications on the field. His work has been referenced in HBR and he is a frequent speaker in conferences around Innovation, Smart Cities, Living Labs and Open Data/Gov. His background is a mix of Management Science (PhD) and Computer Science (MSc, MRes). Esteve is also highly involved in European Projects and EU organizations being Council Member of the ENoLL (European Network of Living Labs) and coordinating/participating in some EU projects on Innovation and Smart Cities.

Thanks to ESADE’s (University in Barcelona) prestigious collaboration, European leading experts in open innovation will share, during this conference, American and European cities experiences aiming to spot specific solutions and smart innovation strategies for urban areas. Among the speakers invited, Jarmo Eskelinen, president of the European network of Living Labs.